EDC To Study Sunnyside Yards Development Potential
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer The City Economic Development Corporation is seeking consultants to study the feasibility of developing Sunnyside Yards. A …
Grant Awarded To Improve Sutphin Storefronts
BY JORDAN GIBBONS Staff Writer Throughout the year, five businesses on Sutphin Boulevard will start to implement façade improvement projects thanks to a Dept. …
Jamaica Housing On The Horizon
BY JORDAN GIBBONS Staff Writer As the heads of City agencies packed into York College on Nov. 22 to collaborate with the community on building a combined …
Shaping The Future Of Jamaica Together
BY JORDAN GIBBONS Staff Writer Borough President Melinda Katz’s office and Mayor Bill De Blasio’s administration have been reaching out to the greater …
Mattone Group Sees Bright Future In Queens
BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE Staff Writer The Mattone Group, a real estate development company based in College Point, is busy working on a number of sites in the …
A Group Of Auto Shops Will Relocate To The Bronx
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Staff Writer After much back and forth, 47 auto shops will relocate from the Willets Point Iron Triangle to a 34,000-square-foot warehouse at …
Mega Mall Gets Final Approval From City Council
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Staff Writer Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s development plan to build a mega mall at Willets Point was approved by the City Council on Oct. 9. …
Queensbridge Park Seawall Gets A Facelift
BY TRISHA SAKHUJA The long awaited 200-foot restoration of the seawall at the edge of Queensbridge Park was initiated with a groundbreaking at the site on May …
Flushing Commons Construction Starts In Fall
BY JOE MARVILLI The much-anticipated Flushing Commons project will begin construction this fall, splitting the effort into two phases to minimize disruption to …
Willets Point Plan Set For Review
BY STEVEN J. FERRARI The $3 billion plan to clean up and develop the Iron Triangle at Willets Point is ready to step right up and meet the public. On Monday, …
Wholesale Center Brings New Life To Former Flushing Airport Site
BY AARON RUTKOFF The site of the former Flushing Airport, one of the last undeveloped spaces in New York City, will be sold to a group that plans to transform …
From Flying High To Sinking Deep: The Life & Death Of An Airport
BY NICK BUGLIONE Before there was a LaGuardia Airport, there was a little field in Flushing that brought Queens to the forefront of aviation and raised its …
J.F.K. 2000: Building Towards A Future Of Flight
BY RICHARD FASANELLA On a frigid December morning at an unassuming field called Kitty Hawk, a pair of innovative inventors shattered all previous notions of …